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[I am coming home, dear Saviour]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Adam Geibel Hymnal Title: Light in the Valley Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 51334 33171 24323 Used With Text: Coming Home

Author: Ida L. Reed Appears in 5 hymnals Hymnal Title: Light in the Valley First Line: I am coming home, dear Saviour Refrain First Line: I am coming home, dear Saviour Lyrics: 1 I am coming home, dear Saviour, Long I've wand'red far from Thee; Now I long for peace and pardon, Grant me Thy forgiveness free. Chorus: I am coming home, dear Saviour, Take my soul, all sin defiled; Cleanse its stains in Calv'ry's fountain, O receive Thy erring child. 2 Long I've been in darkness straying, Now, O Lord, I turn to Thee; I am weary of my wand'ring, Hast Thou welcome still for me? [Chorus] 3 Let Thy loving smile, O Saviour, Shine across the night of sin; And its holy rays shall guide me, Gates of righteousness within. [Chorus] 4 I am coming home, my Saviour, Wilt Thou take my hand in Thine; Lead me forth from out the darkness, By Thy tender love divine? [Chorus] Topics: Revival Used With Tune: [I am coming home, dear Saviour]

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Coming Home

Author: Ida L. Reed Hymnal: Corn In Egypt #161 (1900) Hymnal Title: Corn In Egypt First Line: I am coming home, dear Saviour Refrain First Line: I am coming home, dear Saviour Languages: English Tune Title: [I am coming home, dear Saviour]

Coming Home

Author: Ida L. Reed Hymnal: Fairer than Day (Enlarged Edition) #166 (1903) Hymnal Title: Fairer than Day (Enlarged Edition) First Line: I am coming home, dear Saviour Refrain First Line: I am coming home, dear Saviour Languages: English Tune Title: [I am coming home, dear Saviour]

Coming Home

Author: Ida L. Reed Hymnal: Heaven's Echo #112 (1895) Hymnal Title: Heaven's Echo First Line: I am coming home, dear Saviour Refrain First Line: I am coming home, dear Saviour Languages: English Tune Title: [I am coming home, dear Saviour]

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Ida L. Reed

1865 - 1951 Person Name: Ida L. Reed Hymnal Title: Light in the Valley Author of "Coming Home" in Light in the Valley Ida Lilliard Reed, 1865-1951 Born: November 30, 1865, near Arden, Barbour County, West Virginia. Died: July 8, 1951, Arden, West Virginia. Buried: Ebenezer Methodist Church, Arden, West Virginia. Reed is said to have written 2,000 hymns in her lifetime. In 1939, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers recognized her "substantial contribution to American music" by awarding her a small "weekly bonus." © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

Adam Geibel

1855 - 1933 Hymnal Title: Praise and Rejoicing Composer of "[I am coming home, dear Saviour]" in Praise and Rejoicing Born: September 15, 1855, Neuenheim, Germany. Died: August 3, 1933, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Though blinded by an eye infection at age eight, Geibel was a successful composer, conductor, and organist. Emigrating from Germany probably around 1864, he studied at the Philadelphia Institute for the Blind, and wrote a number of Gospel songs, anthems, cantatas, etc. He founded the Adam Geibel Music Company, later evolved into the Hall-Mack Company, and later merged to become the Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company. He was well known for secular songs like "Kentucky Babe" and "Sleep, Sleep, Sleep." In 1885, Geibel organized the J. B. Stetson Mission. He conducted the Stetson Chorus of Philadelphia, and from 1884-1901, was a music instructor at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. His works include: Evening Bells, 1874 Saving Grace, with Alonzo Stone (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Stone & Bechter, Publishers, 1898) Consecrated Hymns, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1902) Uplifted Voices, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1901) World-Wide Hosannas, with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1904) Hymns of the Kingdom, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman et al. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1905) --www.hymntime.com/tch/